1. Introduction: This report aims to determine whether Australia is doing enough to prevent youth suicide, by providing facts and opinions on the issue, as well as explaining how the problem has affected society. Additionally, the report also identifies the participants involved in the problem and how they react to the problem.2. The problem and context of the debate It is reported that each year there are more than 2,000 cases of self-destruction in Australia (Gillard 2013). It is worth noting that in 2008, at least 281 Australians committed suicide, aged between just fifteen and twenty-four (Suicide Prevention Australia 2014). The debate over whether Australia is doing enough to prevent youth suicide has arisen from many concerns. Recent programs and articles have reported numerous cases of youth suicide in Australia since 2013. The two significant triggers were the tragic suicides of three high school students in Geelong. , Victoria in mid-2009 (Best 2013) and the death of 15-year-old Tyler Cassidy in 2008 (Stark 2013). The debate has also started because there is a clear increase in suicide among young people, a third of whom are Indigenous (Parke 2014), and because of the widespread debate about suicide in social media (Best 2013). The debate aims to halve the rate of self-destruction in Australia over the next ten years (Donovan 2013).3. The social importance of the issueThe increase in suicide among young people worries society in general. This raises concerns about whether a method should be applied when discussing suicide (Best 2013), whether early mental health support will reduce the number of suicide cases (Stark 2013), whether a debate about Youth suicide could help young people. of paper...helped in an old and rigid environment instead of a more modern and professional environment (Stark 2013). More importantly, when dealing with people with mental health problems and at risk of suicide, mental health professionals surprisingly lack the capacity or confidence, reported Jack Heath (Donovan 2013). Finally, Craig Comrie also claimed that the youth suicide rate appears to be increasing (Parke 2014), showing that Australia is not yet doing enough to reduce youth suicide.6. Conclusion Overall, the debate over whether Australia is doing enough to prevent youth suicide raises many questions and arguments. The debate is important for society, as it aims to help mental health professionals and government develop better services to prevent and reduce the rate of suicide among young people within ten years.